Light Fortress-Chapter 31 - 29 Testing and Entering the Game
31: Chapter 29: Testing and Entering the Game
31 -29: Testing and Entering the Game
Fine raindrops splattered.
Under the umbrella, a soft and graceful half-profile slowly emerged, surprisingly beneath the scholarly man’s gold-rimmed glasses were eyes as gentle as the night.
But only those who knew his identity understood that the gentleness in those eyes represented a certain danger—
When Gu Shen clearly saw the person’s face on the rooftop, his hair stood on end.
Han Dang!
This was an extremely dangerous individual.
Thirteen days ago, he had arrived in Da Teng City… secretly investigating his own fire incident all this while!
Did he discover something suspicious about the fire?
He had actually tracked him down all this way, truly an unrelenting madman.
The wind swept across the rooftop, skewing the rain and swaying the branches of flowers.
There was a burst of faint fragrance.
“Grandma, I really like the flowers here,”
The man in the suit nodded at Gu Shen with a smile, his demeanor and posture so natural it didn’t seem like they were meeting for the first time, but rather like old friends who had known each other for many years.
He deeply inhaled the air and said, “In big cities, there are air purifiers everywhere, but no matter what fragrance is added, nothing smells as good as real flowers.
This rooftop is too old, these flowers deserve a better roof.”
Upon hearing this, Grandma’s eyes crinkled with joy; she was truly delighted and earnestly admired, “As expected of Mr.
Xiao Han, such excellent taste… I’ve really put a lot of effort into caring for these flowers.”
Gu Shen knew that these words would delight her.
Because she truly loved gardening, tenderly caring for the flowers on the rooftop and the vegetables and fruits in the yard all by herself, as if they were children of the yard.
“This is…?”
Han Dang smiled at Gu Shen, pretending not to know him.
“Xiao Gu, this is the philanthropist I told you about, Mr.
Xiao Han, young and promising.” Grandma cheerfully pulled the two together and introduced, “Mr.
Xiao Han, this is Gu Shen, the kid who grew up in our yard, very clever, he has an eidetic memory since he was little.”
Han Dang smiled and nodded, tucking his bag under his arm and extending his hand elegantly.
“Gu Shen, nice to meet you for the first time, please take care of me.”
Han Dang was a powerful Spiritual Extraordinary…
Recalling the Jingzhe Dream technique his senior sister had taught him.
Gu Shen had a vague ominous premonition… If he shook hands with Han Dang now and established physical contact, he might be forcibly drawn into a dream, right?
But the current situation left him no choice but to comply.
Gu Shen could only grit his teeth and extend his hand.
Just at that moment.
“Meow!!!”
From the stairwell of the rooftop, a flash of orange darted out, knocking over a tall vase with a slap, and the vase fell toward Han Dang.
The scholarly man under the umbrella frowned.
An instinctive reaction made him want to dodge… but just at the critical moment, Gu Shen’s outstretched hands timely caught the vase, and he cursed, “Ah, you silly cat, how can you be so careless, what if you had hurt the guest?”
The orange cat crouched in the corner licking its paw, meowing softly, its face full of innocence.
“It’s slippery on a rainy day…”
Securing the vase, Gu Shen pulled back his hands and earnestly said, “Mr.
Han, why don’t you come inside.”
“Yes, indeed,”
Grandma, startled by the ordeal, clutched her chest and gave Gu Shen an approving look that said ‘young hero, well done’, and quickly said, “Mr.
Xiao Han, why not come inside for a chat, Gu Shen can keep you company, I’ll go downstairs to make a pot of hot tea.”
“…”
Han Dang paused for a moment, then smiled and said, “I would be honored to follow your suggestion.”
Grandma hurried downstairs with her clothes.
Gu Shen breathed a sigh of relief, casting a grateful glance towards the orange cat.
He knew Chu Ling was online now, but what should he do next?
Gu Shen led the way ahead, feeling uneasy, as if he were followed by a ghost.
Han Dang had closed his umbrella and was following behind, his footsteps light and silent, quiet like a specter.
The guest room was quite near, just two flights down and a few steps away, yet these few steps now seemed unbearably long.
“Gu Shen…”
Han Dang spoke softly, “Do you live in Da Teng City?”
“…Yes.”
Taking a deep breath, Gu Shen slowly emerged from his state of tension.
He could even hear his heartbeat, but each of his movements became incredibly calm and steady.
Some people always manage to tap into their potential in high-pressure situations.
Gu Shen was one of those people.
Since Han Dang had already tracked him down, he might as well face him head-on now.
They were both from the Judgement Institute, bound to meet sooner or later…
Today’s confrontation might not be a bad thing.
Gu Shen had reviewed Han Dang’s file countless times, practically knowing it by heart.
Yet Han Dang did not know that he was aware of his existence.
He wanted to test him, little knowing…
that this was also an excellent opportunity for him to test Han Dang.
“Before you came, grandma kept praising you, saying you were smart, excellent, became independent very early, left here at sixteen…
It must not be easy living in Da Teng City, right?” Han Dang asked slowly, “Where are you working now?”
Having reviewed Han Dang’s file, Gu Shen knew he was a genius who had joined the Judgement Institute at a very young age.
The file documented that Han Dang, too, had not received much care in his childhood, not unlike his own experiences.
“A job my foot…
How high can someone get who started hustling at a young age.
I’m just scrapping by to make a living, I can’t compare to a successful person like Mr.
Han.”
Gu Shen asked with a smile, “And where is Mr.
Han employed?”
Han Dang frowned.
He suspected Gu Shen was insulting him…
but had no proof.
This young lad probably didn’t know his identity yet.
This investigation had surprisingly led him to Gu Shen, something even he hadn’t anticipated.
After arriving in Da Teng City, Han Dang followed the clues related to a fire case, conducting a thorough investigation around Gu Shen’s file…
Back at the council, his mentor’s impeachment against Mr.
Shu was likely going nowhere.
But there was still room to maneuver with the amnesty order!
After profiling, Han Dang strongly suspected that Gu Shen was not a Transcendent.
He believed the real truth behind the fire case was that Gu Shen had used a remarkably powerful “Extraordinary Sealed Object,” likely hidden under those unburned planks.
It was long and rectangular, resembling a plank or perhaps a ruler.
If so, the evaluation team made a severe mistake in their judgment of Gu Shen…
Let alone an “S” rating, Gu Shen didn’t even qualify for a “D” rating; he was just an ordinary person.
But even after scouring the Deep Sea database and even leveraging his mentor Zhu Wang’s privileges to search for records of the related Sealed Objects, he found nothing.
He didn’t think his deduction was wrong, rather he believed the “Extraordinary Sealed Object” he was looking for wasn’t recorded…
Subsequently, he shifted his investigation to Gu Shen’s background, coming to this orphanage to look for clues related to the Sealed Object, perhaps a “family heirloom” that had been with Gu Shen for many years.
Regrettably, after extensive investigation, this lead also turned up empty.
Gu Shen came with nothing and left with nothing.
No family heirloom, no parents’ belongings.
Today, the evaluation team officially arrived in Da Teng City.
With only two days until the final evaluation, his time was running out.
But fortuitously, as if finding something after a long and fruitless search, he had unexpectedly encountered Gu Shen here…
It seemed this young man had caught wind of the evaluation team’s arrival in Da Teng and came here to avoid them, apparently uneasy about making contact too soon.
Since they had met.
Then, things became very simple.
“Gu Shen.”
His voice, incredibly soft, echoed in the stairwell.
The eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses met Gu Shen’s, diffusing a swath of dark ink at that moment.
In that instant, Han Dang’s voice took on a commanding tone, saying, “… Enter the Dream!”
